August 25, 2009

Dwyer Joins Cedar Rapids Staff

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Former Yale standout Jeff Dwyer is the new assistant coach for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League (USHL), according to head coach/general manager Mark Carlson. Dwyer replaces Mark Mullen, who left the organization recently to take a scouting job with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings.

“I knew who I wanted about two days after (Mullen left),” Carlson said.

Dwyer, 28, is a Connecticut native who played four years collegiately as a defenseman at Yale. A sixth-round draft pick of the Atlanta Thrashers in 2000, Dwyer played five seasons professionally, including a stint in Italy and with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves.

Last year, he was an assistant coach for the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies.